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John Ek

CA

FEC individual contributor; employer at time of contribution: ACTUM, LLC.

Tracked direct giving

$79,385

Connections

26

The Money Trail

How money flowed from John Ek

$52K
15 transactions across 9 counterparties
sum of 15 tracked donations shown

John Ek directed $20K to ActBlue conduit — unresolved contributors (ceecda5f) across 6 contributions between February 2023 and September 2023.

Feb 2023 – Sep 2023individual

John Ek directed $7K to COLUMBIA CALLING across 2 contributions between March 2023 and June 2024.

Mar 2023 – Jun 2024individual

John Ek directed $5K to DEFEND THE AMERICAN DREAM PAC.

Jun 2023individual

John Ek directed $4K to WINRED.

Sep 2024individual

John Ek directed $3K to DR. RAUL RUIZ FOR CONGRESS.

Sep 2023individual

John Ek also gave to 4 other entities totaling $13K.

$52K tracked across 9 counterparties (sum of 15 tracked donations shown)
PAC Chain Attribution

Where John Ek’s money ended up

Attributed amounts are modeled estimates of how money flowed through intermediary PACs, computed by proportional apportionment of FEC-reported transactions. They are not reported transactions themselves. How we compute this

$940
modeled estimate
2 paths across 2 counterparties
$488modeled estimateattributed to Sheldon Whitehouse
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle
$488modeled estimateJohn Ek→PETE AGUILAR FOR CONGRESS→Sheldon Whitehousemediumpac

smallest single documented leg $3K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)

$452modeled estimateattributed to Kamala Harris
2024 cycle1 path1 hopMedium confidenceCross-cycle
$452modeled estimateJohn Ek→FORWARD BLUE→Kamala HarrismediumSupportindependent_expenditure

smallest single documented leg $250

$940 attributed (modeled estimate) across 2 paths·Up to 1 hop deep·Source FEC filings (Schedules A, B, E)·How we compute this
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Donations Given and Outside Spending

Largest 50 records. Rows badged “Spent to support” or “Spent to oppose” are independent expenditures this entity paid to vendors for or against the named candidate. That money was not given to them.

RecipientAmountDateCycle
DEFEND THE AMERICAN DREAM PAC$5,000Jun 29, 20232024
WINRED$4,164Sep 18, 20242024
COLUMBIA CALLING$3,300Mar 20, 20232024
ActBlue conduit — unresolved contributors (ceecda5f)$3,300Mar 31, 20232024
ActBlue conduit — unresolved contributors (ceecda5f)$3,300Feb 24, 20232024
TONY CARDENAS FOR CONGRESS$3,300Feb 24, 20232024
MONTANANS FOR TESTER$3,300Mar 31, 20232024
SHAHEEN FOR SENATE$3,300Jun 30, 20232024
ActBlue conduit — unresolved contributors (ceecda5f)$3,300Jun 30, 20232024
ActBlue conduit — unresolved contributors (ceecda5f)$3,300Jun 29, 20232024
PETE AGUILAR FOR CONGRESS$3,300Jun 29, 20232024
Salud O. Carbajal$3,300Jun 30, 20242024
ActBlue conduit — unresolved contributors (ceecda5f)$3,300Apr 11, 20232024
ActBlue conduit — unresolved contributors (ceecda5f)$3,300Sep 29, 20232024
COLUMBIA CALLING$3,300Jun 30, 20242024
DR. RAUL RUIZ FOR CONGRESS$3,300Sep 29, 20232024
HARRIS VICTORY FUND$1,000Oct 28, 20242024
ActBlue conduit — unresolved contributors (ceecda5f)$1,000Oct 28, 20242024
ActBlue conduit — unresolved contributors (ceecda5f)$1,000Oct 18, 20232024
SUOZZI FOR CONGRESS$1,000Oct 18, 20232024
HARRIS FOR PRESIDENT$653Oct 29, 20242024
AB PAC$500Oct 21, 20242024
ActBlue conduit — unresolved contributors (ceecda5f)$500Oct 21, 20242024
DNC SERVICES CORPORATION/DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE$347Oct 29, 20242024
Donald J. Trump For President 2024$300Sep 27, 20242024
HARRIS FOR PRESIDENT$300Aug 30, 20242024
HARRIS FOR PRESIDENT$300Aug 11, 20242024
HARRIS FOR PRESIDENT$300Jul 24, 20242024
ActBlue conduit — unresolved contributors (ceecda5f)$300Aug 11, 20242024
HARRIS FOR PRESIDENT$300Oct 16, 20242024
HARRIS VICTORY FUND$300Aug 11, 20242024
ActBlue conduit — unresolved contributors (ceecda5f)$300Nov 4, 20242024
ActBlue conduit — unresolved contributors (ceecda5f)$300Jul 24, 20242024
ActBlue conduit — unresolved contributors (ceecda5f)$300Aug 30, 20242024
ActBlue conduit — unresolved contributors (ceecda5f)$300Oct 16, 20242024
HARRIS FOR PRESIDENT$300Nov 4, 20242024
Trump National Committee Jfc$260May 30, 20242024
WINRED$260May 30, 20242024
BALDWIN FOR WISCONSIN$250Oct 30, 20242024
Bob Casey For Senate Inc.$250Oct 25, 20242024
HARRIS FOR PRESIDENT$250Oct 24, 20242024
CASEY KEYSTONE VICTORY FUND$250Oct 24, 20242024
OHIO GRASSROOTS VICTORY FUND$250Oct 21, 20242024
ActBlue conduit — unresolved contributors (ceecda5f)$250Oct 15, 20242024
ActBlue conduit — unresolved contributors (ceecda5f)$250Sep 29, 20242024
ActBlue conduit — unresolved contributors (ceecda5f)$250Mar 7, 20242024
ActBlue conduit — unresolved contributors (ceecda5f)$250Aug 14, 20242024
ActBlue conduit — unresolved contributors (ceecda5f)$250Jul 30, 20242024
HARRIS VICTORY FUND$250Jul 30, 20242024
ActBlue conduit — unresolved contributors (ceecda5f)$250Jul 22, 20242024

Relationships

TypeConnected ToDetailsSource
Donated toDNC SERVICES CORPORATION/DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEEDonated $347 to DNC SERVICES CORP / DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEESource
Donated toDEFEND THE AMERICAN DREAM PACDonated $5,000 to DEFEND THE AMERICAN DREAM PACSource
Donated toPETE AGUILAR FOR CONGRESSDonated $3,300 to PETE AGUILAR FOR CONGRESSSource
Donated toCOLUMBIA CALLINGDonated $6,600 to SALUD CARBAJAL FOR CONGRESSSource
Donated toSUOZZI FOR CONGRESSDonated $1,000 to SUOZZI FOR CONGRESSSource
Donated toHARRIS VICTORY FUNDDonated $2,550 to HARRIS VICTORY FUNDSource
Donated toDonald J. Trump For President 2024Donated $534 to NEVER SURRENDER, INC.Source
Donated toSHAHEEN FOR SENATEDonated $3,300 to SHAHEEN FOR SENATESource
Donated toMONTANANS FOR TESTERDonated $3,300 to MONTANANS FOR TESTERSource
Donated toHARRIS FOR PRESIDENTDonated $6,403 to HARRIS FOR PRESIDENTSource
Donated toFORWARD BLUEDonated $250 to FORWARD BLUESource
Donated toFRIENDS OF SHERROD BROWNDonated $250 to FRIENDS OF SHERROD BROWNSource
Donated toDR. RAUL RUIZ FOR CONGRESSDonated $3,300 to DR. RAUL RUIZ FOR CONGRESSSource
Donated toTONY CARDENAS FOR CONGRESSDonated $3,300 to TONY CARDENAS FOR CONGRESSSource
Donated toAB PACDonated $500 to AB PACSource
Donated toGABE VASQUEZ FOR CONGRESSDonated $250 to GABE VASQUEZ FOR CONGRESSSource
Donated toOHIO GRASSROOTS VICTORY FUNDDonated $250 to OHIO GRASSROOTS VICTORY FUNDSource
Donated toWINREDDonated $4,633 to WINREDSource
Donated toActBlue conduit — unresolved contributors (ceecda5f)Donated $29,550 to ACTBLUESource
Donated toOHIO REPUBLICAN PARTY STATE CENTRAL & EXECUTIVE COMMITTEEDonated $1,000 to OHIO REPUBLICAN PARTY STATE CENTRAL & EXECUTIVE COMMITTEESource
Donated toTrump National Committee JfcDonated $260 to TRUMP NATIONAL COMMITTEE JFC, INC.Source
Donated toCASEY KEYSTONE VICTORY FUNDDonated $250 to CASEY KEYSTONE VICTORY FUNDSource
Donated toMARTIN HEINRICH FOR SENATEDonated $250 to MARTIN HEINRICH FOR SENATESource
Donated toBALDWIN FOR WISCONSINDonated $250 to BALDWIN FOR WISCONSINSource
Donated toBob Casey For Senate Inc.Donated $250 to BOB CASEY FOR SENATE INCSource
Donated toTRUMP SAVE AMERICA JOINT FUNDRAISING COMMITTEEDonated $208 to TRUMP SAVE AMERICA JOINT FUNDRAISING COMMITTEESource